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Hi,My computer has been behaving strange recently. IE crashes all the time. I ran Ad-aware and Spybot and got rid of most of the spyware. However I am not able to remove "killsec" according to Spybot. If I try to remove this Spybot crashes. Please help. I am posting the Hijack this log here.

When the trial period expires it becomes feature-limited freeware but is still worth keeping as a good on-demand scanner.1. Once you have downloaded AVG Anti-Spyware, locate the icon on the desktop and double click it to launch the set up program.2. Once the setup is complete you will need run AVG Anti-Spyware and update the definition files.3. On the main screen select the icon "Update" then select the "Update now" link.o Next select the "Start Update" button. The update will start and a progress bar will show the updates being installed.4. Once the update has completed, select the "Scanner" icon at the top of the screen, then select the "Settings" tab.5. Once in the Settings screen click on "Recommended actions" and then select "Quarantine".6. Under "Reports"o Select "Automatically generate report after every scan"o Un-Select "Only if threats were found"Close AVG Anti-Spyware. Do Not run a scan just yet, we will run it in safe mode.1. Reboot your computer into Safe Mode. You can do this by restarting your computer and continually tapping the F8 key until a menu appears. Use your up arrow key to highlight Safe Mode then hit enter.

IMPORTANT: Do not open any other windows or programs while AVG Anti-Spyware is scanning as it may interfere with the scanning process:2. Launch AVG Anti-Spyware by double clicking the icon on your desktop.3. Select the "Scanner" icon at the top and then the "Scan" tab then click on "Complete System Scan".4. AVG will now begin the scanning process. Please be patient as this may take a little time.Once the scan is complete, do the following:5. If you have any infections you will be prompted. Then select "Apply all actions."6. Next select the "Reports" icon at the top.7. Select the "Save report as" button in the lower lef- hand of the screen and save it to a text file on your system (make sure to remember where you saved that file. This is important).8. Close AVG Anti-Spyware and reboot your system back into Normal Mode.Post the log from AVG and a new HiJack log

Restart your computer into safe mode now. (Tapping F8 at the first black screen) Perform the following steps in safe mode:

Double-click on Killbox.exe to run it. Now put a tick by Standard File Kill. In the "Full Path of File to Delete" box, copy and paste each of the following lines one at a time then click on the button that has the red circle with the X in the middle after you enter each file. It will ask for confimation to delete the file. Click Yes. Continue with that same procedure until you have copied and pasted all of these in the "Paste Full Path of File to Delete" box.

C:\WINDOWS\dsrss.exe

Note: It is possible that Killbox will tell you that one or more files do not exist. If that happens, just continue on with all the files. Be sure you don't miss any.

START – RUN – type in %temp% - OK - Edit – Select all – File – Delete

Delete everything in the C:\Windows\Temp folder or C:\WINNT\temp

Not all temp files will delete and that is normalEmpty the recycle binBoot and post a new log from normal NOT safe mode

Please give feedback on what worked/didn’t work and the current status of your system

Hi,I did everything you suggested. Looks like it worked this time. Please confirm. Also I got around to upgrade to SP2 and turned on automatic updates. Please take a look at the HJT log and let me know if it is fine.